A safe, effective, broadly administered vaccine is the single most important solution to the Covid-19 pandemic
MISSION: Maximally expedite the development of a safe and effective vaccine with sufficient scale to inoculate all Americans who need it
DEADLINE: Enable broad access to the public by October 2020
PLAN: Modeled after the Manhattan Project approach, a multi-disciplinary, multi-sector team that brings the numerous in-flight efforts under a single authority to drive relentless coordination, barrier elimination, and accountability for mission success
In the coming week, Azar knew there was only one path he could take to convince the Trump White House to approve MP 2.0, and that particular path went directly to the president’s powerful son-in-law, Jared Kushner, who had been spearheading several coronavirus initiatives.
n the early morning of Wednesday, April 15, Azar and Mango headed to the West Wing to talk to Kushner and his onetime college roommate Adam Boehler, who had taken on an advisory role during the pandemic. The meeting was ostensibly about the Strategic National Stockpile, a $7 billion reserve of face masks, life-saving medications, and other supplies, but as it came to a close, Azar presented the concept of MP 2.0. Kushner’s eyes lit up. He opined that Azar’s pharmaceutical-industry experience made him the obvious person to oversee such a program. Kushner would do whatever he could to help him. It was exactly what Azar had been hoping to hear.
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Project Warp Speed
Maximally expediting a safe, effective vaccine
A safe, effective, broadly administered vaccine is the single most important solution to the Covid-19 pandemic
MISSION: Maximally expedite the development of a safe and effective vaccine with sufficient scale to inoculate all Americans who need it
DEADLINE: Enable broad access to the public by October 2020
PLAN: Modeled after the Manhattan Project approach, a multi-disciplinary, multi-sector team that brings the numerous in-flight efforts under a single authority to drive relentless coordination, barrier elimination, and accountability for mission success
In the coming week, Azar knew there was only one path he could take to convince the Trump White House to approve MP 2.0, and that particular path went directly to the president’s powerful son-in-law, Jared Kushner, who had been spearheading several coronavirus initiatives.
n the early morning of Wednesday, April 15, Azar and Mango headed to the West Wing to talk to Kushner and his onetime college roommate Adam Boehler, who had taken on an advisory role during the pandemic. The meeting was ostensibly about the Strategic National Stockpile, a $7 billion reserve of face masks, life-saving medications, and other supplies, but as it came to a close, Azar presented the concept of MP 2.0. Kushner’s eyes lit up. He opined that Azar’s pharmaceutical-industry experience made him the obvious person to oversee such a program. Kushner would do whatever he could to help him. It was exactly what Azar had been hoping to hear.